---------------------------------------------------------- AeroElectric-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 08/30/23: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:58 PM - Re: Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers (Steve Stearns) 2. 04:47 PM - Re: Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers (Charlie England) 3. 09:17 PM - Re: Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers (skywagon185guy) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:58:18 PM PST US From: Steve Stearns Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers Hi Bob, While you are evaluating the "new kid" can you see how it behaves if it is connected to the battery but there is no AC? I have the unfortunate situation in that my city (Longmont CO) seems to do nasty things to the power line (usually, when I'm out of town) which causes all the GFIs in all the hangars in my area to trip. And then, it seems, every battery we have on a charge maintainer (my maintainer is one of the recommended Schumakers (sp?)) discharges through the maintainer. Very irritating... I'm wondering if the "new kid" will also do this... Steve Stearns LongEz N45FC, Taylorcraft BC12D N43732 Boulder/Longmont CO ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 04:47:50 PM PST US Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers From: Charlie England On 8/30/2023 4:57 PM, Steve Stearns wrote: > Hi Bob, > > While you are evaluating the "new kid" can you see how it behaves if > it is connected to the battery but there is no AC? I have the > unfortunate situation in that my city (Longmont CO) seems to do nasty > things to the power line (usually, when I'm out of town) which causes > all the GFIs in all the hangars in my area to trip. And then, it > seems, every battery we have on a charge maintainer (my maintainer is > one of the recommended Schumakers (sp?)) discharges through the > maintainer. > > Very irritating... I'm wondering if the "new kid" will also do this... > > Steve Stearns > LongEz N45FC, Taylorcraft BC12D N43732 > Boulder/Longmont CO Henny Youngman's excellent advice: The patient says, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this." The doctor says, "Then don't do that! And from Bert Lance: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Any SLA or LifePo battery that's in good condition (as they should be in an a/c), without a load connected, will take a year or more to self-discharge to the point where you'd notice it. I'll bet more batteries are killed by chargers and maintainers (through either defects or misuse) than are preserved/saved. Just something to think about. Charlie -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:17:18 PM PST US From: skywagon185guy Subject: Re: AeroElectric-List: Re: FYI: New kid in battery charger/maintainers Steve makes my earlier point about discharging expensive batteries due to maintainers/chargers not having some sort of blocking diode. I have a history of losing 4 deep cycle large batteries that discharged to a point that the chemistry refused to allow recharging. This is especially true on GFI controlled AC circuits and not being around the area to reset them for months. I solved this with a simple code (probable) breaking mod. By removing the GFI and going with a straight through AC source. Doing this will allow the maintainer to be powered up again when the line becomes active. If you are absent from the area for months this is a temporary fix. D On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 4:50=AFPM Charlie England wrote: > On 8/30/2023 4:57 PM, Steve Stearns wrote: > > Hi Bob, > > While you are evaluating the "new kid" can you see how it behaves if it i s > connected to the battery but there is no AC? I have the unfortunate > situation in that my city (Longmont CO) seems to do nasty things to the > power line (usually, when I'm out of town) which causes all the GFIs in a ll > the hangars in my area to trip. And then, it seems, every battery we hav e > on a charge maintainer (my maintainer is one of the recommended Schumaker s > (sp?)) discharges through the maintainer. > > Very irritating... I'm wondering if the "new kid" will also do this... > > Steve Stearns > LongEz N45FC, Taylorcraft BC12D N43732 > Boulder/Longmont CO > > Henny Youngman's excellent advice: > =9CThe patient says, "Doctor, it hurts when I do this." > The doctor says, "Then don't do that!=9D > > And from Bert Lance: > "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." > > Any SLA or LifePo battery that's in good condition (as they should be in > an a/c), without a load connected, will take a year or more to > self-discharge to the point where you'd notice it. > > I'll bet more batteries are killed by chargers and maintainers (through > either defects or misuse) than are preserved/saved. > > Just something to think about. > > Charlie > > > > Virus-free.www.avast.com > > <#m_7554380294798554478_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message aeroelectric-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/AeroElectric-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/aeroelectric-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/aeroelectric-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.